Sunday, July 28, 2013

Well I've been back from Taupo for several days now so I thought I'd better blog some more about Symposium. It was full on so I came home tired (as did everyone else I know who went). Still have my cold and poor hubby was sick when I arrived home too :( So glad the next Symposium will be in summer!

Anyway onto the interesting stuff..... I went to Pam Holland's lecture and really enjoyed it. She is a great story teller. Pam is an incredibly busy lady who has 15, yes 15 children (forgot how many grand children) and she travels the world teaching quilting, and taking tours. If you ever get a chance to do a class or lecture with her do, as she is very funny and could very easily have become a Comedian.

After the lecture we were allowed to look through, and handle some of the small works she bought with her. Each one is different from the next as she doesn't like repeating the same ideas. Anyway here's a few photos I took of some of them.

This started as drawing for a grandchild and then Pam thought she would do the whole alphabet. Then she decided she would make up her drawings in fabric, which then lead to it being a book. (link to book in caption above)

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Here's a few photos from Gwen Marsden's lecture. It was great but cut short by the fire alarm going off. Is this a new tradition for symposiums? as classes were interrupted by fire alarms at the Wellington symposium too!

Anyway even though I was disappointed in the lecture being cut short, it was good because I bumped into two old friends from Dannevirke outside. It was lovely to catch up with them and find out what they and their families have been up to over the last few years. I texted my husband to tell him as he used to work with both of these ladies. He had forgotten they were quilters I think, as he couldn't workout how I had meet up with them. So glad now for that annoying fire alarm!
Anyway enjoy these photos, bye for now Leeann

Monday, July 15, 2013

It was a very cold, but sunny day for the club meeting last Saturday. The weathers just getting us ready for Taupo! There was a lot of talking about Taupo Symposium (starts Thursday) and general excitement, as this is a long looked forward to event.
Sue Gillard was our guest speaker and told us all about the Whangarei Community Tapestry Project with a very impressive power point. Use the link above to see the Tapestry, and of course it is set up at 'The Bach' in the Town Basin so you can go and weave some of it yourself.

OK now onto Show n Tell

Detail of Beaded Butterfly on quilt by Daphne Humphreys

Here's the whole quilt, of beautiful hexagons made for a friends wedding anniversary, by Daphne Humphreys.

Daphne used many different types of fabric including upholstery fabrics, so all the different textures together really make this quilt glow (hard to see in the photo!).

This next quilt is full of sweet little details like these two

And here's the whole quilt, made by Carol Mayes for her teenage grand daughter who loves lime green, animals, soccer and music. Carol said she has had enough of lime green for a while :-)

Detail of Shona's quilt.

Shona Patterson made this beautiful quilt from a McKenna Ryan pattern. Shona hand appliqued the blocks.

Francis Dixon made this sweet baby quilt for her great grand niece.

Rose Silvester made this as a surprise birthday gift for Alison McRae.

A little stitchery made by Carmel Spray.

Jenny Gough is teaching herself to quilt, and this is an exercise from the book 'Easy Machine Quilting'. The quilting looks great Jenny, looks like you've mastered free motion.

And lastly 'Simon's Landing' by Lex Geange. Lex fell in love with this pattern while on a trip to the USA two years ago. She managed to purchase the fabrics while there also. Quilted by Leonie Wihongi.

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About Me

Hi I'm Leeann & this blog is mostly about Quilting, but other stuff slips in now and then too!
I'm an active member of the Whangarei Patchworkers & Quilters Club, so there's a lot of Club news also (because I like promoting the Club and Quilting).
I have been Quilting since 1996, and enjoy most types of Quilting, by hand and machine. Recently I have been enjoying a little bit of hand embroidery too.
If you'd like to email me the address is in my profile.